Computer News

January 1, 2009

Will This Bold Shakeup Save Dell?

Nearly two years since retaking the helm of his company, Michael Dell has just taken his toughest steps yet aimed at righting the ship. On Dec. 31, Dell (DELL) ...

December 31, 2008

Ten Stories that Defined Broadband in 2008

With every tick of the clock, 2008 is taking its final steps toward 2009, when the year starts afresh. From a broadband perspective it has been an eventful ...

December 31, 2008

Bringing Broadband to the Urban Poor

Anthony Celestine was a latecomer to the Internet Age. The 40-year-old Harlem resident has owned a small Jani-King commercial cleaning franchise since 2004, but until ...

December 23, 2008

Teardown of Sony's PlayStation 3

One of the great articles of faith in the consumer electronics industry might be stated thusly: "Time heals all costs." Basically it means that over time the parts ...

December 22, 2008

Why Netbooks Are Greener than Laptops

It was just over a year ago that small, low-cost netbooks hit the market, and since then they've become one of the hottest technology trends of 2008, with the top two ...

December 22, 2008

The Consumer Electronics Inventory Glut

Automakers aren't the only ones halting production as inventories pile up. The consumer electronics industry is also coming to grips with rising stockpiles of unsold ...

December 19, 2008

E-Books Are on the Rise, But Slowly

With Oprah pushing an e-reader to her audience, Google (GOOG) placing whole books online, and the popularity of programs such as Stanza, which turns the iPhone into a ...

December 18, 2008

How Electronic Arts Lost Its Way

Expectations ran high almost two years ago, when John Riccitiello took the helm of video game maker Electronic Arts (ERTS). Formerly operations chief for EA, ...

December 18, 2008

Seagate's FreeAgent Go: Brilliant Backup

I backed up my work on Seagate Technology's slim, colorful new FreeAgent Go disk drive for about a week, and it was a joy to use. That's saying a lot in the external ...

December 17, 2008

Why Intel Could Rock the Electric Vehicle Battery Market

Like any emerging industry, the cleantech world tends to accuse newcomers of being interlopers, and that's probably the initial thought many had when news hit that ...

December 15, 2008

HCL's Leveraged Leap to India's Top Tech Circle

India's tech industry has emerged on the global scene with an aggressive deployment of highly trained, low-cost labor to serve Western clients. Now HCL Technologies is...

December 12, 2008

Tech Trends to Expect in 2009

Don't be surprised if during the course of 2009 you opt for a bigger TV screen because you're playing more video games and going to the movies less often. You won't be...

December 11, 2008

The Greening of the Corporation

Some of the world's biggest consumer and tech companies, ranging from Intel (INTC) to Nike (NKE), are making strides to reduce their businesses' impact on global ...

December 11, 2008

Windows Mobile: What Microsoft Needs to Fix

In September, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer spent a week traipsing across Europe and parts of the U.S. schmoozing 17 of the world's largest handset makers ...

December 9, 2008

Clouds Looming for Server Software Vendors

As cloud computing moves beyond startups and attracts enterprise users, major software vendors are being forced to reckon with a new challenge to their pricing models....

December 9, 2008

Cloud Computing Is No Pipe Dream

Tech pundits and practitioners alike have spilled lots of ink to hype cloud computing. They'll encourage you to think of it as IT infrastructure on demand—like ...

December 8, 2008

Microsoft Joins Free Security Software Push

Two years ago, Microsoft rankled computer-security software vendors by jumping into their market (BusinessWeek.com, 6/1/06). Now the company is again creating waves by...

December 7, 2008

Apple Is Greener Than Greenpeace Says

I couldn't help but notice the timing. Only a day after the environmental activist group Greenpeace on Nov. 24 released the 10th iteration of its Guide to Greener ...

December 5, 2008

AT&T Layoffs: The Tip of a Telecom Downturn

A move by AT&T to eliminate 4% of its workforce may only be the beginning of a torrent of staff reductions and spending cutbacks in the $1 trillion telecom industry. ...

December 4, 2008

AMD Warns of a Revenue Shortfall

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is among the most recent casualties of the slowdown in technology spending. On Dec. 4 the chipmaker drastically cut its sales ...

December 3, 2008

India: Business Almost as Usual

Subramaniam Ramadorai, chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the largest tech services outfit in India, took a break on Tuesday to participate in a ...

November 21, 2008

Modern Networking Tools: Swapping Bits, Not Cards

With the recession in full swing, industries across the charts have been laying off hundreds of employees—making the job market increasingly competitive. So ...

November 21, 2008

Microsoft to Google: Get Off of My Cloud

Corporate America is increasingly leaving computing to the experts. Why go to the trouble and expense of building and managing complex systems to handle your spiraling...

November 21, 2008

Dell's Quarter Saved by Cost Cuts

Defying investors' fears that its earnings would fall victim to slumping tech demand, Dell turned in a surprisingly profitable third fiscal quarter by taking a big ax ...

November 20, 2008

Apple's Superlative Sequel: The Latest iPod Touch

They say sequels often fail to live up to the original. That's not so with the second generation of Apple's (AAPL) iPod Touch. Apple has managed to make the Touch look...